ばしょう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ばしょう – see the following entry.

【芭蕉】 [noun] Japanese banana (Musa basjoo) [noun] Short for 芭蕉梶木 (bashō kajiki): Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) [proper noun] Short for 松尾芭蕉 (Matsuo Bashō): Edo-period haikai and haiku poet Alternative spelling バショウ

(This term, ばしょう (bashō), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)